Things to do with an iPhone when it’s dead
I’m calmer now. Mostly. And I’ve had some time to think about things: life, the grand scheme of things, whatnot. Time to really commune with the emptiness. Staring into the inky blackness of a dead iPhone screen has turned out to be a sort of Zen exercise, freeing my mind from the pursuit of earthly delights. And while so occupied, I’ve come up with a number of things I could do with my shiny new $600 paperweight.
Anyway, you get the idea. I’ve already made my Genius Bar appointment for tomorrow morning, so we’ll see how they deal with one of the first dead-as-a-doornail iPhones out there. Stay tuned.
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still pretty tho, huh?
Posted by Fel | June 29, 2007 11:21 PM
I would take it just for display on my desk or on iChat with people say yes I have an iPhone. And just never turn it on. Or you could use it as mirror.
Posted by Bryce | June 29, 2007 11:30 PM
That's one spendy little mirror! Hang in there, Dan; what a day...
Posted by AG | June 29, 2007 11:51 PM
Bummer Dan. I'm really sorry for you man. I was 3rd in line today. I ended up there at around 545AM. On a brighter note (for me), I have my iPhone.... in all its goodness. Also bought the DLO HipCase, Griffin PowerJolt, extra usb cable, extra power brick. I'll be posting pictures later rather than sooner. Perhaps while I'm on vacation. ;-)
You can read about me in www.elpasotimes.com - I was interviewed.
Posted by Walter Basil | June 30, 2007 12:07 AM
I have nothing to contribute but a heartfelt "you poor bastard."
Posted by forrest | June 30, 2007 12:18 AM
i hate info on people....... The bags say 14 days which is sealed... for 14 day. Hairdrier opens it in seconds. and easy cool down then seal... but the 14 says if you open box on all
Posted by egillish | June 30, 2007 12:41 AM
Dan,
Sorry to hear about your experience. That would be the ultimate in suckiness to have so much anticipation, spend so much time waiting to get the thing, and then have it turn out as such. I hope you get this issue resolved quickly.
One profound use for the darkness of your iPhone is to stand up the iPhone on its end with proper support, surround it with plastic monkeys from the game "Barrel of Monkeys", then blast the "Sunrise" music from Also Sprach Zarathustra. The experience would be profound, and thought provoking. :-p
Posted by Macheath_Messer | June 30, 2007 1:05 AM
So the worst thing about the iPhone (I just bought an 8GB version) is the ringtones! You can not use anything but the apple loaded ringtones, no music, no downloaded ones etc! and the 20 or so they put on there really suck! Whats the point of using a ringtone for a contact to know who is calling if there is such little variety? brrrrring oh thats my sister, no that was clearly a trring trring so it must be your roomate!
LAME!
Posted by aiden | June 30, 2007 2:09 AM